Judaism: sacred texts books

Gender and Dialogue in the Rabbinic Prism  Read More >>

The Sefer Yetsirah, the Book of Creation, is a core text of the early kabbalah, yet has remained something of a...  Read More >>

Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles...  Read More >>

Long ago, mystics believed that along with every renewal of the phases of the Moon came shifts within the souls...  Read More >>

In this work Calum Carmichael--a legal scholar who applies a literary approach to the study of the Bible--shows...  Read More >>

This volume consists of a critical edition of the Arabic translation and commentary of Yefet ben Eli the Karaite...  Read More >>

The responsa in the Jacques Mosseri Genizah Collection (10th 18th century) offer a vivid window into Jewish social...  Read More >>

The articles of this volume present instantiations of the Hebrew Bible s deployment in textual and visual forms...  Read More >>

What do the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us about the forms, transmission, canonization, and interpretation of authoritative...  Read More >>

Kabbalah and Postmodernism: A Dialogue challenges certain long-held philosophical and theological beliefs, including...  Read More >>

This book presents a critical edition and translation of Salmon b. Yeroham s Judaeo-Arabic commentary on Qohelet....  Read More >>

Comprised of rabbinic debates in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.), the Talmud has...  Read More >>

A Tapestry for the Soul takes the Introduction to the Zohar (as translated in In the Shadow of the Ladder )...  Read More >>

Written by a noted occultist, this essential guide to the ancient Jewish doctrine of esoteric knowledge focuses...  Read More >>

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Enter into the mystery of the Sabbath, into the wonder and light of the seventh day.  Read More >>

Becoming Jewish is the first all-inclusive, step-by-step guide to converting to Judaism. Steven Carr Reuben, a highly...  Read More >>

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index.  Read More >>

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Winner of Honorable Mention in the Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards of the Association for Jewish Studies Moshe Simon-Shoshan...  Read More >>

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This book contains an exhaustive survey of past and present Qumran research, outlining its particular development...  Read More >>

This book examines the collection of prayers known as the Qumran Hodayot (Thanksgiving Hymns). The thesis of this...  Read More >>

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In Textual Mirrors, Dina Stein draws on literary theory, folklore studies, and semiotics to closely examine midrashic...  Read More >>